Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez To Return To HBO, Long-Term Deal In Place

[-DSG-]

Don't underestimate the draw of a pr-mexico rivalry.

Yep Canelo-Cotto is the biggest PR-Mexico fight since De La Hoya-Trinidad in 99.

[MEXGBP]

canelo vs cotto, ggg, pac, chavez jr, martinez, kirkland, vanes, clottley,
**** maybe even some 147 looking for money, bradley, abregu, provo,

[Foreign Soil]

Showtime is dead and has been so since Oscar woke up. Not that he makes great matches very often, but he knows HBO is how you make a name. Smart move.

[kej718]

Chavez Jr. is going to be a free agent soon too. I think he will sign with Showtime and Haymon next. Canelo hasn't looked good in any of his recent performaces, and if he loses to guys like Cotto or GGG how can you put him on PPV after that?

HBO may have the edge in PPV now but let's see what happens with Chavez Jr. If he goes to Showtime next year like I expect I can see Mayweather putting him on his under-card to lock down the May date. Chavez Jr. has so many more PPV options (any body from 160-175). Hopkins, Froch, Stevenson, Kessler, etc.

[MC Hammer]

Clottey, cotto, andrade all fight with top rank and are exclusively hbo fighters, the cotto/canelo fight is going to be a piece of cake to make now.

Clottey isn't anything to brag about, but Cotto is. Andrade isn't specific to anyone because he's not a TR fighter

[hitking]

they can keep the mgm grand. Cotto-Canelo can sell out the dallas cowboys stadium. hell, even the pontiac silverdome

The furthest I've sat away from the ring at a live fight was about 3-4 rows from the top at the Pyramid in Memphis for Lewis-Tyson. That was absolutely miserable and almost pointless to watch the fight. And that was in a 10K-12K seat arena. I can't imagine anyone being willing to pay more than about $10-$20 for 75%-80% of the seats in the venues you named.

[MC Hammer]

Showtime is dead and has been so since Oscar woke up. Not that he makes great matches very often, but he knows HBO is how you make a name. Smart move.

Not dead. Every successful PPV has been on Showtime. This move will hurt, but not as much as people are thinking. His fight with Angulo, Angulo was the fan favorite, and the Lara fight did donuts. Its a reason they didn't put third fight on PPV. HBO needed this because their only other star is Chavez jr, and he's been shelfed

[FrankieClutch]

I love it!!! I hope Paulie makes the switch to HBO as an analyst lol

[Real Talk85]

[QUOTE=LomaUsykKlichko;14972436]Damn showtimes kind of ****ed they don't have any stars after Floyd retires, they have Danny Garcia but he's not a big enought star for ppv hbo has Canelo, cotto, coming up crawford, Mikey Garcia if he decides to fight again[/QUOTE



You don't have to like Swift but he has far more star power than Canelo. He is much more marketable to an international audience, which is part of the reason he has the fan base he does now.

Fact is that after Floyd left HBO has struggle. Pacquaio definitely hasn't delivered for them and GGG has been stagnant, while his Showtime counterparts do consistently better with a smaller audience.

[Foreign Soil]

Not dead. Every successful PPV has been on Showtime. This move will hurt, but not as much as people are thinking. His fight with Angulo, Angulo was the fan favorite, and the Lara fight did donuts. Its a reason they didn't put third fight on PPV. HBO needed this because their only other star is Chavez jr, and he's been shelfed

Come off it. Oscar was never happy about going to Showtime. It's probably what sent him back to rehab. HBO is simply where names are built which is good for the future - Showtime has always tried to cash in on HBO's success and is in it for the short term.